'Till further notice, report weekly by letter C/- Mrs. Izzard, 2 Newick Villas, Newick Sussex'
Signed by B.G. Martins Lieut.
No 349 granted leave 30th September 1915.
'No extension of this pass will be granted except on the Certificate of a Military Medal Officer that the holder is unfit to travel. In all other cases for extended sick leave, application must be made personally to the Medical Officer in charge through the Military Adviser's Office.'Provenance and SignifcanceThis Furlough Pass was issued to Robert Roxby Parkinson during WWI.
Robert 'Bob' Roxby Parkinson joined the NSW Government Railway at Albion Park in 1910, and when war broke out in 1914, enlisted in the AIF.
Bob was in in the 1st Australian Light Horse ‘A’ Troop, ‘B’ Squadron. At Gallipoli in 1915 he was severely wounded in the arm after being shot and was subsequently discharged.
Bob married Muriel Bellvine Couch in 1918 and they had two boys, Arthur Henry and John Robert.
Bob worked as a railway porter at many stations, including Unanderra, for about 10 years, until he joined the Steel Works as part of the railway traffic staff in 1935. DonorParkinson, Arthur
